apa twister fall away rest
01-18-2005, 06:07 PM
#2
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Dover, PA USA
Posts: 5,497
RE: apa twister fall away rest
ash,
I picked up the first version of this rest last February after the ATA show as I was impressed with it on some of our demo bows.......it did not disappoint.
I have literally thousands of shots thru mine, used it for the entire abusive all weather hunting season and it worked flawlessly.
I have said it many times over the last year, why this thing isn't the MOST popular hunting drop away rest is beyond me?
It has TRUE full containment peace of mind and the attributes of the best drop away rests on the market.
It's dead silent, very adjustable and this year's version is improved over last year's initial model. The "cage" is a little larger and much beefier, and the "Safari" model uses custom Slick Tubes on the launchers, the tuning and set up has been refined and the mounting bracket styled a little better.
I still have my original one on my Bowtech Liberty and a brand new Twister "Safari" in the package awaiting my new Allegiance. They have a side loading "SL" model but the arrow loading never bothered me anyway so I chose the Safari model with the slick tubes.
It's as accurate as any rest I've ever used, in fact I'm shooting mine for my 3D league by default as my target bow has not arrived yet and I'm shooting double digit points up on most shoots with my Liberty hunting set-up.
It's simply an awesome rest.
I don't work for APA or anything, I am just impressed with it enough to sort of be it's ambassedor.
To me it's the closest thing to the perfect hunting rest as you can get. I have previously used Muzzy Zero Effect, Trophy Taker reg and Shakey hunter, NAP quiktune drop aways and a Trophy ridge Drop Zone, and I like this one the best.
After shooting the Twsiter I couldn't imagine shooting an open style drop away rest for hunting ever again.
I picked up the first version of this rest last February after the ATA show as I was impressed with it on some of our demo bows.......it did not disappoint.
I have literally thousands of shots thru mine, used it for the entire abusive all weather hunting season and it worked flawlessly.
I have said it many times over the last year, why this thing isn't the MOST popular hunting drop away rest is beyond me?
It has TRUE full containment peace of mind and the attributes of the best drop away rests on the market.
It's dead silent, very adjustable and this year's version is improved over last year's initial model. The "cage" is a little larger and much beefier, and the "Safari" model uses custom Slick Tubes on the launchers, the tuning and set up has been refined and the mounting bracket styled a little better.
I still have my original one on my Bowtech Liberty and a brand new Twister "Safari" in the package awaiting my new Allegiance. They have a side loading "SL" model but the arrow loading never bothered me anyway so I chose the Safari model with the slick tubes.
It's as accurate as any rest I've ever used, in fact I'm shooting mine for my 3D league by default as my target bow has not arrived yet and I'm shooting double digit points up on most shoots with my Liberty hunting set-up.
It's simply an awesome rest.
I don't work for APA or anything, I am just impressed with it enough to sort of be it's ambassedor.
To me it's the closest thing to the perfect hunting rest as you can get. I have previously used Muzzy Zero Effect, Trophy Taker reg and Shakey hunter, NAP quiktune drop aways and a Trophy ridge Drop Zone, and I like this one the best.
After shooting the Twsiter I couldn't imagine shooting an open style drop away rest for hunting ever again.
01-18-2005, 06:24 PM
#4
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Dover, PA USA
Posts: 5,497
RE: apa twister fall away rest
Ash,
Yes you can use any fletching combo you choose, there's enough room to fit.
I was shooting a 5" vaned full helical Gold Tip through my original one last night just to check something on my bow and works perfectly. The new cage is even a touch bigger so fletch size isn't an issue, there is no contact or anything to go around. The arrow just flies dead through the center of the rest.
I just love the aspect of draw and shoot, even with the Muzzy Zero Effect I still would glance down at the rest to make sure that the arrow was in position, with the Twister it's a non-issue.......if the arrow isn't in position when you draw then it fell off onto the ground without you noticing.
With the Torphy takers and such I was paranoid about the arrow being picked up. They are solid rests but not my style in a treestand.
You never have to take your eyes off your target.
Yes you can use any fletching combo you choose, there's enough room to fit.
I was shooting a 5" vaned full helical Gold Tip through my original one last night just to check something on my bow and works perfectly. The new cage is even a touch bigger so fletch size isn't an issue, there is no contact or anything to go around. The arrow just flies dead through the center of the rest.
I just love the aspect of draw and shoot, even with the Muzzy Zero Effect I still would glance down at the rest to make sure that the arrow was in position, with the Twister it's a non-issue.......if the arrow isn't in position when you draw then it fell off onto the ground without you noticing.
With the Torphy takers and such I was paranoid about the arrow being picked up. They are solid rests but not my style in a treestand.
You never have to take your eyes off your target.
01-19-2005, 03:12 AM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Vinton VA
Posts: 2,978
RE: apa twister fall away rest
While I can't say I am as impressed with it as Matt, I will say that the rest works very well. It's quiet and easy to tune. Setup is simple and it offers full containment with good vane clearance. I tested last years model and it worked nicely with 4" vanes or feathers. The 5" fletch was a bit big to get complete clearance without a lot of playing with nock positiion. If you like the idea of a full capture rest and a drop away I would recomend it without hesitation.
